Legislative Auditor Begins Offering Responsive Government Training for St. Tammany Parish Local Government Officials and Staffs
Beginning in October, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s (LLA’s) Center for Local Government Excellence will present a complimentary Training and Certification Program specifically designed to help Louisiana’s local government officials and their staffs improve services and decrease audit and operation costs.
“Our purpose at the Legislative Auditor’s office is to help ensure that government is accountable, transparent and responsive to the needs of the people of Louisiana,” said Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera. “We have heard the call from our partners in local government and these courses are expressly created to help address the concerns they have shared with us: wanting to deliver better services to our citizens and improve the quality of local government audits.”
The new Center for Local Government Excellence Training and Certification Program will require attendance at three two-day workshops in order to achieve certification. The first of those two-day workshops will be offered twice this fall for St. Tammany Parish local government officials and their staffs:
October 27-28, 2015
St. Tammany Parish Government Public Works Facility
Tyler Street Hall of Excellence Room
620 North Tyler Street
Covington, LA 70433
December 15-16, 2015
Slidell City Auditorium
2056 Second Street
Slidell, LA 70458
The two-day workshop will introduce the basics of internal control, accounting and financial reporting for local governments, and will deliver helpful instruction on legal issues that local governments and their staffs often encounter. Instructors will include LLA General Counsel Jenifer Schaye, LLA Staff Attorney Patrick Virgadamo, LLA Advisory Services Manager Michael Battle, LLA Advisory Services Senior Advisor Michael Cragin, and LLA Senior Analyst Andrée Taylor. To read the program brochure, please click on the following link:
For more information contact:
Legislative Auditor
225.339.3800